Non-refillable bottle.



PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY BREVSTER, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Patented Oct. 3, 1905,

Application filed December 23, 1904.. Serial No. 238,088-

To ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be itknown that I, HENRY BRnws'rnR, a citi- Zen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Non- Refillable Bottle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a bottle provided with devices for preventing it from being refilled after its original contents have been decanted.

The invention resides in certain peculiar features of construction and arrangement of parts, which will be fully set forth hereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specication, in which drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and in which- Figure l is a sectional view of the invention in upright position. Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the same in inverted position to permit decanting the contents of the bottle. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the valve parts. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of another of the valve parts, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

a indicates the body ofthe bottle, and the neck thereof. The mouth of the bottle is adapted to receive a cork c in the usual manner. Below this cork is arranged my improvement.

The devices for preventing refilling the bottle comprise a cylindric shell CZ, set on a shoulder 7) inside of the neck Z and cemented, as indicated at e. The shell Z carries a spring f, which is adapted to enter a cavity Z2 in the neck of the bottle, as best shown in Fig. 5. The shell Z is provided at its upper end with a perforate cover d. Rising from the lower end of the shell are two cylindric tubes g and ZL. These tubes are respectively inclosed by tubular valves and Z6, which slide freely, as shown in Figs. l and 2. Said valves are closed at their upper ends and are provided at said points with orifices, as shown in Figs. l, 3, and 4. The upper end of the valve e' is provided with a weight c". (Best shown in Figs. 1 and 2.) The shell is provided below the sleeves g and ZL with a separable extension (Z2, having at its bottom an opening (Z3, in which fits the stem Z of the valve Z. This valve Z commands the opening' Z3 and is formed with orifices Z2, as shown, which when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 2 allows the movement of the liquid outward from the bottle. The extension Z2 of, the shell is formed with a rib CZ", which prevents excessive outward movement of the valve Z. Said rib permits the free passage of a disk m when in the position shown in Fig. l and when in the position shown in Fig. 2. The disk is formed with a central perforation, as shown, and when in the position shown in Fig. l it lies on the valve Z, reinforcing the same. When the bottle is inverted, the disk falls forward, uncovering the valve, as Fig. 2 shows.

In the use of the invention the bottle is filled and then the parts are assembed as shown in the drawings. Upon withdrawing the cork c the bottle may be inverted and its contents decanted, the parts then taking the position shown in Fig. 2. Upon restoring the bottle to vertical position the parts assume the position shown in Fig. 1. Upon attempting to force a liquid through the neck into the bottle the valves are caused to seat, thus closing the mouth ofthe bottle and preventing it from being refilled.

Various changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of my invention may be resorted to at will without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. Hence I consider myself entitled to all such variations as may lie within the terms of my claims.

Having thus described the preferred form of my invention, what I claim as new, and dey sire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device for preventing bottles from being refilled, comprising ashell having two concentric tubes therein extending upward from the lower end of the shell, and two valves fitted one within the other and sliding respectively on the tubes, said valves having closed outer ends and perforations adjacent thereto.

2. A device for preventing bottles from being refilled, comprising a shell having two concentric tubes therein extending upward from the lower end of the shell, t`wo valves fitted one within the other and sliding respectively on the tubes, said valves having closed outer ends and perforations adjacent thereto, a shell extension below the main shell, and-an auxiliary valve contained within said extension.

3. A device for preventing bottles from being refilled, comprisinga shell having two concentric tubes therein extending upward from the lower end ofthe shell, and two valves fitted one within the other and sliding respectively on the tubes, said valves having closed IIO outer ends and perfor-ations adjacent thereto, the shell having' a shellextension at its lower end with an opening' therein, an auxiliary valve commanding' the opening in said extension, and a perforate disk eoaeting with the auxiliary Valve.

il. A device for preventing the refilling of bottles, comprising a shell with an opening` therein and with an interior head adjacent thereto, a Valve commanding the opening' and having a perforation therein, and a disk eoacting with the valve and having a perfora- Wtnesses:

ISAAC B. GWENS, JNO. M. RITTER. 

